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- 931: 19th Century Romanticism in Europe
- ... and gave way to a new trend of expressing emotions through individuality as opposed to collectivism. In England, there was a resurgence into Shakespearean drama since many Romantics believed that Shakespeare had not been fully appreciated during the 18th century. His style of drama and expression had been downplayed and ignored by the Enlightenment's narrow classical view of drama. Friedrich ... and Samuel Taylorleridge (from Germany and England respectively) were two critics of literature who believed that because of the Enlightenment's suppression of individual emotion as being free and imaginative, Shakespeare who have never written his material in the 19th century as opposed to the 18th century. The perception that the Enlightenment was destroying the natural human soul and substituting it ...
- 932: Hamlet
- ... by this? Could he be referring to the love, the corruption, the revenge, or the insanity displayed by Hamlet; or was he referring to more than we know. What did Shakespeare know about the depths of man and the battle inside to write a play that would captivate every generation to come from then on. What would we learn if we analyzed Hamlet? Shakespeare decided to set corruption in Elsinor, a royal castle in medieval Denmark. Prior to the first act Hamlets' mother, Queen Gertrude is widowed to King Hamlet. When this tragedy starts ...
- 933: The Theme Of Macbeth
- The play Macbeth written by William Shakespeare in the beginning of the 17th century, deals with a man s turn from the king s most glorious, brave and courageous general into a traitor and murderer influenced by ... we meet him, we realize that he is both ambitious and murderous and fears to accept the real and also the supernatural consequences of his actions. Early in the play, Shakespeare concentrates on Macbeth s courage so that he can contrast it later on with the terror and panic of Macbeth s psychological anguish. Lady Macbeth is certainly aware of her ...
- 934: Macbeth 7
- ... You later realize that this was a setup to show that the duration of the play will portray evil and the motive to achieve ultimate power. Later you appreciate that Shakespeare is masterfully setting the mood in a scene that is a mere ten lines. By beginning the play with the witches, Shakespeare is making it clear that something wicked is going to happen involving Macbeth. In Act I, Scene 1, the third witch states "There to meet with Macbeth. (I,i,8 ...
- 935: The History Of Greek Theater
- ... considered the finest of all Greek tragedies), arrived at his definition of tragedy. This explanation has a profound influence for more than twenty centuries on those writing tragedies, most significantly Shakespeare. Aristotle’s analysis of tragedy began with a description of the effect such a work had on the audience as a “catharsis” or purging of the emotions. He decided that ... on voice gestures and grouping. Since there were only three actors, the same men in the same play had to play double parts. At first, the dramatists themselves acted, like Shakespeare. Gradually, acting became professionalized. Simple scenery began with Sophocles, but changes of scene were rare and stage properties were also rare, such as an occasional altar, a tomb or an ...
- 936: Macbeth 2 - Fixed
- MacBeth - Attitude Changes In the tragic drama Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare in 1606 during the English Renaissance, the hero, Macbeth, constantly declines in his level of morality until his death at the end of the play. Because of his change of ... he calls her "my dearest partner of greatness" (I, v, 8), and later, when he is talking to her in person, he calls her "My dearest love" (I, v, 54b). Shakespeare shows their close relationship until they have started falling into a state of near-despair after the murder of Banquo and Macduff's wife and son. At this point, they ...
- 937: Brave New World
- ... hatchery. His mother was also there on her holidays, but she got lost, and stayed there. So the young John learned to read, and he has read a lot of Shakespeare’s plays. They bring John and his mother back to England. After meeting a lot of problems in his new society, and when both Bernhard and Helmhotz are sent away ... John, the savage, had been a loner all his life. He was not accepted in the Indian society, and the only comfort he had was his mother (an alcoholic) and Shakespeare. And through his childhood his mother told him lots of stories of the Utopian society she thought the "outer" world was. When he came there, he found that this Utopia ...
- 938: The Rise and Fall of Lady Macbeth
- ... ambition that motivated her, and ultimately destroyed her also. What Lady Macbeth and her husband wanted most in the world eventually strangled them with its power. They are two of Shakespeare's many victims of the “ambition plague”, joining the ranks of Julius Ceasar and others. The real message here is not to place your ambitions over the rights and lives of other people; something people must have done quite a lot in Shakespeare's time. In today's society, Lady Macbeth would probably have been much happier. She would certainly feel less oppressed by her womanly attributes - she would have been able to ...
- 939: Twelfth Night: Two Faces, One Mind
- Twelfth Night: Two Faces, One Mind As in most comedies, William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night extensively uses disguises, masks and mistaken identities to add to the comical nature of the play. Viola's disguise as Orsino's page, Cesario, becomes crucial to ... basically the most important elements of the plot of the play, and are crucial to the development of the plot. Without it, there would be little excitement or intrigue, and Shakespeare would not be able to thoroughly reflect his views of humanity.
- 940: Essay on Impulsiveness in Romeo & Juliet
- ... spoken by Friar Laurence. Words we must listen too. Impulsiveness leads to downfall, and therefore people must strike a balance between being impulsive, and being pragmatic. Time and time again Shakespeare showed us how impulsiveness leads to tragedy. First off, Capulet was a prudent, well-balanced person most of the time. When Paris told Capulet that he wanted to marry Juliet ... best of intentions. Although impulsiveness can be meant with the best, or the worst ones, its results are usually severe and often tragic. Throughout the play of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare showed us how impulsiveness can lead to tragic results and even death and sometimes it is only when it comes to this point do people learn.
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